Burial-casket.



' W. 0. SGHROYER.

BURIAL GASKET.

APPLICATION FILED 33.17, 1911.

Patented Dec. 12,1911.

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W. 0. SGHROYER.

BURIAL GASKET.

VAPPLIOATION FILED FEB. 17, 1911.

1,01 1,858. Patented Dec. 12, 1911.

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WILLIAM OWEN SCI-IROYER, 0F CINCINNATI, OHIO.

BUBIAL-CASKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. February 17, 1911.

Patented Dec. 12, 1911.

Serial No. 609,163.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM O. SoHRoYER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBurial-Caskets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in burial casketsand the object in view is to produce a simple and efficient device ofthis nature which may be plain or ornamental as desired and consistsessentially in the provision of a truck or pair of pedestals hinged toand adapted to support the casket and held, when not in use, in a foldedrelation within a recessed portion of the bottom.

The invention consists further in connection with the folding pedestalsof rollers journaled thereon and designed to support the casket when thepedestals are not in use, and affording means for preventing the casketmolding from becoming torn or injured when the casket is placed within ahearse or funeral car.

My invention comprises various details of construction and combinationsand arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described andthen specifically defined in the appended claims.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective View showing my improved casket with truck orpedestals opened and utilized as a support for the casket. Fig. 2 is abottom plan view of a casket showing the pedestals folded. Fig. 3 is adetail perspective view showing the manner of holding the hingedsections of the pedestals against the bottom. Fig. 4 is a crosssectional View longitudinally through one of the rollers mounted uponthe pedestal, and Fig. 5 is a detail view of a hinged connection betweenthe pedestals and casket.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates an ordinary casket having a recess B formed in the bottomthereof about which is a marginal molding C. Apertures D are arrangedopposite each other in said molding and a rod E is mounted within saidapertures. The pedestals consist of legs F, F, each of which haspreferably a caster wheel F pivoted at its end and said legs areconnected by means of a round H. J ournaled upon each of said rods E isa roller I which is parallel with the round H and extending the fullwidth of the space intermediate the legs. Said pedestals, when foldedagainst the bottom of the casket, will be contained entirely within therecesses with only the rollers I projecting below the lower marginaledges of said molding, sufficient to support the latter a slightdistance above the object upon which the casket rests. Said rollersbesides serving as means to support the casket when the legs are foldedserve an additional function of holding the hinged ends of the legsspaced apart. Braces, made up of two sections K and K hinged together atK serve to hold the pedestals rigid, when open for use, and also to holdthe pedestals folded in the manner shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Aclamping member R is secured to the bottom of the casket and is adaptedto hold the legs when folded against the bottom of the casket.

The operation of my improved truck or pedestal attachment for casketswill be readily understood and is as follows :When it is desired to openup the pedestals or adjust them to the position shown in Fig. 1, it maybe easily done by first releasing the folding sections of the legs andclamping members and straighten the same out as shown, thus forming asupport for the casket for display or other purposes. When the pedestalsare folded, the rollers projecting below the lower marginal edges of themolding will serve as means for preventing the cover of the moldingbecoming injured, the weight of the easket resting entirely upon therollers which will also serve to allow the casket to be moved into orout of a hearse or funeral car without injury to the casket.

By the provision of a casket made as shown, it will be apparent that itwill be unnecessary for the undertaker to carry about cumbersome trucksor pedestals for supports for the casket or to provide devices of thisnature in undertaking rooms when it is dedesired to display caskets ofvarious kinds.

By the provision of a casket embodying the features of my invention, thepedestals or truck will at all times be invisible and always at hand andready for use when desired and, by the provision of the attachment thecasket may be conveniently moved from place to place.

What I claim to be new is l. A burial casket having a recess in thebottom thereof, rods mounted in the Walls of the recess, legs journaledupon the rod and a roller mounted upon each rod and having its endsbearing against said legs to hold the same spaced apart.

2. A burial casket having a recess in the bottom thereof and having rodsmounted in the opposite Walls of the recess, legs pivotally mounted uponthe rods, a roller mounted upon each rod and having its ends bearingagainst said legs to hold the same spaced apart and means for holdingthe legs folded between the Walls of said recess, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence oftWo Witnesses.

WILLIAM O /VEN SGHROYER.

WVitnesses:

EUGENE Lookwoon, Gr. HAMLIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

